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  <title>:first-child pseudo-class</title>
  <style type="text/css">.red { background-color : red }
.t1 td:first-child { background-color : lime }
p > *:first-child { background-color : lime }
</style>
  <link rel="author" title="Daniel Glazman" href="http://glazman.org/">
  <link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
  <meta name="flags" content="">
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<table class="t1" border="1">
  <tbody><tr>
    <!--[ELEMENT('.red')]--><td class="red"><!--[TEXT('.red')]-->green cell<!--[/TEXT('.red')]--></td><!--[/ELEMENT('.red')]-->
    <td>1.2</td>
    <td>1.3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <!--[ELEMENT('.red')]--><td class="red"><!--[TEXT('.red')]-->green cell<!--[/TEXT('.red')]--></td><!--[/ELEMENT('.red')]-->
    <td>2.2</td>
    <td>2.3</td>
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  <tr>
    <!--[ELEMENT('.red')]--><td class="red"><!--[TEXT('.red')]-->green cell<!--[/TEXT('.red')]--></td><!--[/ELEMENT('.red')]-->
    <td>3.2</td>
    <td>3.3</td>
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<p>This paragraph contains some text
          <span>and a span that should have a green background</span>
</p>

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